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Historique

L'édifice est inscrit au titre des monuments historiques en 2011.

Voir aussi

Articles connexes
 Liste des monuments historiques de la Haute-Saône
 Liste des fontaines de la Haute-Saône

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Fontaine monument historique en Haute-Saône
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Under the leadership of Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), House Democrats recently passed the HEROES Act, a $3 trillion coronavirus relief package filled with leftist agenda items that have little to do with the pandemic itself. And now, one columnist is exposing her for it.
Arguably one of the worst elements of the legislation is a partisan effort to nationalize elections at every level — and Landmark Legal Foundation President Pete Hutchison just laid bare that effort in an op-ed for the Washington Examiner.
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Contained within the 1,800-plus pages of the HEROES Act is what is known as the ACCESS Act, which stands for the "American Coronavirus/COVID-19 Election Safety and Security Act." Unfortunately, that's not at all what it is actually about, Hutchison writes.
In effect, this act would serve to nationalize every election in the United States, including those on the state and local levels, and would preempt all existing state-level election laws while offering little, if anything, in the form of extra protection of the integrity of voting processes, according to Hutchison.
If it were to become law, all state and local election officials would be given a mere 30 days to develop "contingency plans" for holding elections during a time of crisis or emergency. Should any official fail to do so within that time frame, they could not only face sanctions from the federal government but would also be exposed to lawsuits from "aggrieved parties" like left-leaning activists and special interest groups.
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Sadly, all of that is just the start, Hutchison noted; it goes downhill from there.
In keeping with the aforementioned preemption of state and local election laws, all elections at every level would be required to feature no fewer than 15 days of early voting, would allow for same-day voter registration (including online), and would require only an electronic signature instead of an actual signature for verification of an individual's identity.
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Then there is the incredible expansion of absentee voting and voting by mail. No longer would states and localities be allowed to require a reason for a voter to obtain an absentee ballot — rather, such ballots would be required to be mailed to every single registered voter across the entire nation, regardless of whether the voter had moved, died, or was otherwise inactive.
On top of that, according to Hutchison, the bill would abolish any sort of ID requirements for obtaining an absentee ballot, would prohibit any requirements involving notaries or witnesses for ballots cast, would make it harder for election officials to verify the authenticity of a voter's signature, would require the processing and requesting of absentee ballots to be done online, and would make all of that the normal procedure for all elections going forward, regardless of whether there was a crisis afoot or not.
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Thus far, Senate Republicans have stated that the bill has zero chance of being passed by the upper chamber and sent to President Donald Trump for his signature, which he would certainly refuse anyhow. But given the spineless nature of too many congressional Republicans in recent years, it is incumbent upon the American people to contact their senators and representatives and let them know in no uncertain terms that Pelosi's planned takeover of the electoral system is unacceptable.
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Omen est un groupe de heavy metal américain, originaire de Los Angeles, en Californie. Depuis sa création, le groupe a fait paraître une dizaine d'albums studio à l'international, dont un coffret célébrant ses vingt années de carrière.

Biographie
Le groupe est formé en 1983 par le guitariste Kenny Powell, ex-membre du groupe Savage Grace, et signé au label Metal Blade Records en 1984, auquel ils ont fait paraître leur premier album  (contenant , le single paru sur la bande originale du jeu vidéo Brütal Legend). Un second album suit en 1985, intitulé . En 1986, ils font paraître un nouvel album, , leur première distribution majeure au label américain Capitol Records. Au Japon, le groupe atteint la  du classement Burrn!.

Avec leur nouveau chanteur Coburn Pharr (qui quittera plus tard le groupe pour rejoindre Annihilator), ils font paraître  en 1988 ;  est leur premier single à succès aux États-Unis. En 1996, ils signent au label Massacre Records, et partent pour une tournée en Europe avec Fates Warning pour la première fois. En , leur ancien chanteur, J.D. Kimball, succombe à un cancer après trois ans de traitement. En 2012, ils annoncent un nouvel album, , à paraître via DSN Music. Après huit ans de reports de date, l'album est finalement publié en 2016.

Membres

Membres actuels
 Matt Story – chant
 Kenny Powell – guitare
 Andy Haas – basse
 Steve Wittig – batterie

Anciens membres
 J.D Kimball – chant
 Coburn Pharr – chant
 Jody Henry – basse
 Gregg Powell – chant
 Kevin Goocher – chant
 Cam Daigneault – batterie
 Chris Holly - guitare
 Rick Murray – batterie
 Scott Clute - basse
 Danny White - batterie
 Glenn Malicki - basse
 Wampa Zayas - batterie

Discographie

Albums studio
 1984 :  (Metal Blade Records)
 1985 :
 1986 :
 1988 :
 1997 :  (Massacre Records)
 2003 :  (Crash Records)
 2016 :  (DSN Music)

Albums live
 2012 :  (DSN Music)

EP
 1987 :  (Metal Blade Records)

Compilations
 1989 :  (Metal Blade Records)
 1998 :  (Metal Invader)
 2010 :  (KRP)
 2012 :  (DSN Music)

Coffrets
 2003 :  (Metal Blade Records)

Notes et références

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Groupe américain de power metal
Groupe musical formé en 1983
Artiste de Massacre Records
Groupe musical de Los Angeles


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Czart smolisty (Anthrax anthrax) – gatunek muchówki z rodziny bujankowatych.

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Ekologia
Owad dojrzały składa jaja w gniazdach samotnych pszczół, np. przedstawicieli rodzaju Osmia i Chalicodoma. Wylęgająca się z jaja larwa muchówki pożera larwę pszczoły w ciągu kilkunastu dni, a następnie przepoczwarcza się. Poczwarka wyposażona jest w specjalne kolce, którymi przebija wieczko komórki plastra. Po przebiciu wieczka, poczwarka pęka i wydostaje się z niej imago. Poczwarka posiada twarde zęby na głowie, które pomagają jej wiosną uwolnić się z gniazda pszczoły przewiercając otwór w zamkniętej komórce gniazda. Może ona poczynić duże szkody z perspektywy gniazda pszczoły, nie tylko zabijając pszczołę, w której komórce się rozwijała, ale także wszystkie inne pszczoły, które znajdą się na jej drodze, gdy zmierza ku wyjściu z gniazda.

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Gatunek palearktyczny, znany z Europy, Wysp Kanaryjskich, Afryki Północnej i Azji Zachodniej.

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Bibliografia
 Władysław Strojny, 1981, Nasze zwierzęta, Państwowe Wydawnictwa Rolnicze i Leśne, .

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Bristol is the largest of the three towns situated on the small panhandle of Rhode Island in population as well as land mass. The town has a little over 22,000 residents living on its 10 square meter peninsula, not including the additional residents that live on their houseboats in the surrounding harbor.
This area of Rhode Island has always been a mecca for tourism because of its strong historical value to the nation. This small part of the eastern state has the privilege of calling itself one of the original towns of the Plymouth Colony.
Every resident can appreciate the value of Bristol just for that simple fact alone. In continuing on with the traditions of yester year, Bristol hosts one of the largest 4th Of July celebrations anywhere in the U.S. Over 200,000 people attend this celebration yearly and return home with the knowledge that they had stood on the same land that was part of our nation's first settlement.
Barrington lies just north of Bristol occupying over 8 miles of the state's land. This small town always ranks in the top 100 places to live when polled by any publication. Barrington was also part of the area granted to the members of the Mayflower party over 300 years ago. You can feel the historical importance of the area flow through you as you walk over the land in this well preserved part of Rhode Island.
Nowhere in this town will you find huge buildings and wild disco clubs. Most of the residents here over the past 100 years have come from all over the nation to settle in to their own piece of history. Every homeowner here is not only purchasing a piece of land, but a piece of history as well.
The smallest of the towns located in Bristol County is Warren. Warren has the distinct honor of being able to call itself the smallest town of the smallest county located in the smallest state of the country. That makes Warren truly a one of a kind place to live.
Bristol County is very small in land area, but makes up for it in historical value. The importance of preserving our roots will always make this area an important part of our country.


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New Releases: Vienna Philharmonic New Year's Concert 2020; Tchaikovsky & Barber Violin Concertos
6 January 2020, 10:00 | Updated: 6 January 2020, 10:01
Classic FM Album of the Week & Drive Discovery. Picture: Sony Classical / BIS Records
Throughout the week Classic FM's presenters bring you the best new recordings, including world exclusives and premiere broadcasts of latest releases. This week: Vienna Philharmonic's New Year's Concert 2020, and Tchaikovsky & Barber Violin Concertos by Johan Dalene.
John Suchet's Album of the Week. Picture: Classic FM
John Suchet plays a track from his featured Album of the Week at 10.15am every weekday.
The the Vienna Philharmonic's New Year's Concert 2020. Picture: Sony Classical
New Year's Concert 2020 – Vienna Philharmonic
The annual New Year's concert hosted by the Vienna Philharmonic returns for its 81st edition – with performances of waltzes, marches and polkas from the family of Johann Strauss and their contemporaries.
At the helm of the Philharmonic is Grammy Award-winning conductor Andris Nelsons – the current music director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and conductor of the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra.
Through this annual classical event, the Vienna Philharmonic not only strive to provide an evening filled with sensational music – but they also aim to send people all over the world a New Year's greeting in the spirit of hope, friendship and peace.
The world-famous concert, which first began in 1939, was showcased to an audience of 50 million viewers and was broadcast in over 90 countries this year.
John Brunning's Drive Discovery. Picture: Classic FM
John Brunning plays a track from his featured Drive Discovery at 6.20pm every weekday.
Tchaikovsky and Barber Violin Concertos – Johan Dalene. Picture: BIS
Tchaikovsky & Barber: Violin Concertos – Johan Dalene
Swedish violinist Johan Dalene has released his debut album, Tchaikovsky & Barber: Violin Concertos, where he is joined by the Norrköping Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Daniel Blendulf.
Dalene began playing the violin at the age of four, and went on to make his professional concerto debut just three years later.
Since then, he's attended the Royal College of Music in Stockholm, and won a number of competitions – including the coveted Carl Nielsen Competition.


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4 seasons of Vermont: A year-round travel guide to the Green Mountain State
By: Charu Suri
Montpelier during fall. Photo: Shutterstock/Sean Pavone
In Vermont, the seasons unravel at a leisurely pace. You can watch the glory days of summer slowly morph from lake vistas and maple creemees to the unparalleled foliage of a New England autumn. Winter, and all its thrills of chasing down pristine, powdery slopes, thaws into the promise of bloom — and sugaring season.
But regardless of season, Vermont shines brightest outdoors. With a trove of 55 state parks, 20 alpine and 30 cross-country resorts, and numerous outdoor events throughout the year, the state has long been a magnet for meditative Instagram strollers, hikers searching for a good adrenaline rush, or just those in the mood for some chill, family fun. And passionate foodies? Days could be spent at orchards and farms apple-picking, maple-tasting, and cheese-sampling.
But let's go beyond the vibrant fall leaves and shelves of pure maple syrup — here's how to take in the Green Mountain State across the year, in all its glorious, unraveling colors.
Note: Some businesses and sites may still be operating differently than described, so it's a good idea to contact locations prior to visiting as you plan your trip.
This post is proudly produced in partnership with the State of Vermont.
Summer:
Those long, sunny days
Lamoille Valley Rail Trail The one-and-only creemee Jenny Brook Bluegrass Festival
Summers in Vermont translate into long days and breezy, balmy nights — which explains the state's affection for creemees, a rich, "creamy," 100%-Vermont take on your favorite soft-serve ice cream. If you haven't had one, you haven't had one.
In fact, have two. Hop on the Vermont Maple Creemee Trail, where venturing from stop to stop absolutely feels like being a kid in a candy store. The trail includes state mainstays like Allenholm, the oldest commercial apple orchard in Vermont (1870!), and shops like Morse Farm Maple Sugarworks, where fresh kettle corn and traditional treats like maple candy and maple fudge are hard to resist. And the free tastings? Nearly impossible.
Outdoor festivals and events are also a mainstay in a Vermont summer. This year, Vermont's events calendar is peppered with outdoor events like Stages in the Sun, offering live performances in beautiful venues around the state. Fairs will make a comeback this year, too, showcasing Vermont's heritage, delicious food and good old-fashioned fun.
Vermont knows beer, too, with 56 craft breweries to choose from. If that number doesn't sound impressive, keep in mind the state is 10% the size of Florida. Options are spread everywhere, from the family-run Alchemist in Waterbury to The Vermont Pub and Brewery in Burlington, the state's oldest and a visionary pioneer from 1988.
Of course, maple butter and brews require balance. Spend your summer days outdoors — think waterfalls and plunge pools (Bingham Falls comes to mind), driving scenic routes in search of binocular views, or channeling your inner zen by fishing on secluded lakes. And bust out those bikes! The Lamoille Valley Rail Trail is set to be New England's longest, coming in at 93 miles from the Connecticut River Valley to just shy of Lake Champlain. Mountain bikers jonesing for a little more technical terrain should check out Mt. Snow's 30 miles of trails; meanwhile, eager novices and families may enjoy the 14-mile Hoot, Toot & Whistle trail along the western edge of the nearby Harriman Reservoir.
For a little outdoors R&R, one particularly gorgeous getaway is Lake Groton — a place that even Thoreau would have approved of — in Groton State Forest, near Montpelier. There are seven state parks in this area, some so close you can walk between them. Nab a campsite at Stillwater State Park, and you could spend an afternoon or two also exploring Boulder Beach State Park, right across the water. See them all, if you can, as entry to one gets you entry to them all.
Photo credits: String River Studios/Jenny Brook Bluegrass Festival, Shutterstock/fetrinka, and Shutterstock/Sara B Johnson
Fall:
A world in orange, crimson, and gold
Groton State Forest Sleepy Hollow Farm Vermont countryside near Stowe
This is the season when Vermont comes alive with absolute unparalleled resplendence. Millions of maple trees — approximately one in every four Vermont trees is a maple! — shed their green hues in favor of a gamut of colors, including the deepest reds and brightest yellows. The state is 76% forested, and its unique ecology of soil, moisture patterns, and landscape are all factors contributing to a rich tapestry of colors that result in stunning drives and a painterly ambiance.
If you're feeling overwhelmed about where to go, sign up for weekly fall foliage reports delivered straight to your inbox — they're filled with suggestions of scenic drives and places to pause and savor the sights. Because of this, fall is the perfect season to check out one of the state's 10 designated byways, which range from 14 to over 400 miles. Many are dotted with art galleries and souvenir shops, making them well-suited for art fans as well as leaf-peepers.
Speaking of art — if you're an artist eager to capture the Midas touch of the season, why not simply station your easel near a covered bridge and paint until the sun sets? The 465-foot Cornish-Windsor Covered Bridge is the longest two-span covered bridge in the world and the longest wooden bridge in the US. In autumn, it's an extra-special sight.
Wherever you choose, though, inspiration will find you — outdoor art exhibits and sculpture parks crisscross the state. Many are easily accessible and make great fodder for morning walks — case in point, the downtown Rutland murals.
Fall is still harvest season, of course, and pleasant strolls can also be had at many of Vermont's farms. Sam Mazza's in Colchester, just one prime example, grows fresh produce on 250 acres and features an in-store bakery and fantastic corn maze for the family. Then there are farm stands and farmers markets — about 85 of the latter dot the state, with tiny towns holding markets on the village greens. The Burlington Farmers Market has an impressive lineup, though markets in smaller cities, like Rutland and Montpelier, certainly hold their own.
Tip: If you're looking for great foodie experiences, lean on Dig In Vermont for all you need to know.
Photo credits: Shutterstock/Songquan Deng, Shutterstock/Green Mountain Drone, and Shutterstock/youli zhao
Falling snow and falling temps
Snowboarders at Killington Lake Champlain Traditional red Vermont farm
The feel of powdery snow underfoot. The swoosh of skis on steep slopes. Pale blue, mountainous horizons. A Vermont ski trip is hard to beat, and the state's 20 alpine ski resorts and more than 7,000 skiable acres give you plenty of terrain options.
Killington Ski Resort, the largest in the eastern US with a vertical drop of 3,050 feet, naturally attracts a lot of attention, but keep an eye on the state's smaller resorts, too. Ski Vermont can help you vet your options, and they'll keep you up-to-date on statewide conditions.
Winter in Vermont doesn't have to be confined to skis, of course. Spots like the Mountain Top Inn and Craftsbury Outdoor Center provide dozens of miles of snowshoeing trails. Winter hiking is another option, with 55 state parks to choose from (you can even winter-camp in a cabin). There's also an abundance of ice-fishing opportunities — Lake Champlain attracts scores of avid anglers throughout the winter, each looking to catch landlocked salmon, perch, bluegill, and northern pike.
If you're into decorating for the holidays, Vermont gives you the option of cutting your own Christmas tree and bringing the scent of fresh fir to your home away from home. Or simply enjoy the coziness of being indoors, curling up with a book of poems by the iconic Robert Frost, whose farm is a National Historic Landmark in South Shaftsbury.
Otherwise, there's no better time to hit the Vermont Cheese Trail (yep, this state has all the best things). Check out stops like Grafton Village Cheese, where small-batch, award-winning aged cheddars are still made by hand; or Ice House Farm in Goshen, with its grass-fed goats grazing over a charming 18th-century property. Around 40 other stops populate the map, representing some of the country's best cheeses — sheep, cow, and goat.
Photo credits: Shutterstock/Outlook, Shutterstock/Gerlach Photos, and Shutterstock/Cvernet Photography
Blooms and sugar shacks
Hildene Manor Maple syrup farm Shelburne Museum
Learning about maple syrup is as fascinating as tasting it is delightful. With Vermont producing almost 50% of the country's stock — almost all from sugar maples — spring is a great time to roll up your sleeves and get behind the scenes to discover how the syrup goes from tree to your plate of pancakes. Fun fact #1: Some 40 gallons of maple sap — collected from several mature trees — makes just one gallon of pure maple syrup. No wonder it's called liquid gold!
Maple Open House, a state-wide event connecting all the best producers, is typically held at the end of March, and it's a great time for sugar-makers to do their victory dance. Sugar novices, on the other hand, will get to learn about the process and see clouds of maple-scented steam curling from sugarhouse steam stacks.
As the natural world shifts from the nipping cold to buds coming to life, this season is the perfect time to explore the state's lesser-known but spectacular gardens: Hildene, the Lincoln Family Home, is a historic spot to stroll and appreciate the manicured landscape; Cider Hill Gardens, in Windsor, features peonies, daylilies, and elegant cherry blossoms, with an art gallery to boot; and the beloved Shelburne Museum contains over 20 gardens filled with perennials and annuals.
And skiers, take heart — winter sports don't disappear with the freezing temperatures! Spring is the time for savoring the slopes at the bigger resorts without the crowds, for sitting on an après-patio with a pint, taking off your jacket, and having the sun hit your skin with foreshadows of summertime. There aren't many places where you can have it all, but Vermont is certainly one of them.
Photo credits: Hildene The Lincoln Family Home, Shutterstock/Stuart Monk, and Shutterstock/Wangkun Jia


Travelling to Hong Kong for a long trip? You can consider dropping by Macau and Shenzhen. These cities are easily accessible by buses, trains and ferries.
The Harbourview hotel provides a smoke-free environment and offers more than 300 guestrooms, mostly back-dropped by Victoria Harbour and Kowloon peninsula.
Follow our adventurous palettes in Macau and you'll be able to savour Portuguese food, Chinese cuisine and Macanese dishes.
Whether you're looking for a place for a casual meal, or to celebrate a special occasion, Cucina is a wonderful dining destination to consider.
The Window of the World is one of the most well-known attractions in Shenzhen which does not feature any rides but boasts numerous photography spots.
Winsland Serviced Suites' Bed & Breakfast Offer is for the 1-Bedroom Executive Suites, and includes 1 daily breakfast set at Kith café!
"Sweet Escape" is a photography app that allows everyone to book a network of over 2,000 local photographers from over 400 cities around the world.
Whether it's a casual meal or a gathering to celebrate a certain occasion or a business meal, Zhuo Yue Xuan is the perfect choice in Shenzhen.
The Dragon's Back Trail is a popular hike in Hong Kong, probably due to its easy accessibility from the city. Look forward to spectacular coastal views!


Who will you allow to lead you blindly until the end?
You're like a little girl with a stupid crush.
We all choke ourselves with our own ignorance.
There is so much more to life than your stupid desires.
Nothing is everything, and everything is something.
Finding the meaning is looking through the vivid transparencies.
we will look back and talk about good times now gone forever.
Trace lines around the image of your choice.
Dance until the end, my friend, and find joy in every living thing.


Guess we wont be Reading on the reading nook today.
Kallen: After hearing from commenters, I'll be picking up Gail Carriger's Prudence first and I'm really looking forward to picking up the Hugo-nominated comic series Saga.
LisaKaren: As the face of the library at the elementary school, LisaKaren is looking forward to reading stacks upon stacks of picture books, including some geeky ones.
There's a whole bowl of fresh strawberries waiting for us. But we've got plans to go out for lunch and get thai food, which is pretty exciting.
Geeking and reading. Some of us are trying to read many of the Hugo Award finalists.
We've got a bigger selection of books (if you can believe it) with more variety, which means we won't be stuck reading something that at 3 a.m. is no longer appealing.
That stack of books…. holy smokes! Love it 🙂 Have fun!!
Wow, that's quite a stack! Hope you have fun!


The LA COUNTY JAIL - Nidorf Juvenile, located in the city of Sylmar, in Los Angeles County, California is a medium to maximum-security facility.
Correctional officers in LA COUNTY JAIL - Nidorf Juvenile are armed with mace and trained to use physical force to protect themselves, visitors and inmates from violence.
All of the men and women being held in the LA COUNTY JAIL - Nidorf Juvenile are either awaiting trial or have been sentenced in the Los Angeles County Court System and been sentenced to one year or less.
The LA COUNTY JAIL - Nidorf Juvenile also houses inmates arrested by this county's municipal police departments.
This facility, known as "LA COUNTY JAIL - Nidorf Juvenile" is also known as Barry J. Nidorf Juvenile Hall, Los Angeles County Detention Services Bureau, LA County Jail, LA COUNTY JAIL, Nidorf Juvenile, LA COUNTY JAIL, Nidorf Juvenile, California, Los Angeles.


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"Adaptive Segregation-Based MAC Protocol for Real-Time Multimedia Traff" by Hushairi Zen, Daryoush Habibi et al.
Wireless local area networks (WLANs) have become very popular both in private and public sectors. Despite the fast expansion of WLANs in various environments, quality of service (QoS) issues for multimedia applications in WLANs are not yet resolved. Multimedia applications contain traffic that are sensitive to delay and jitter and therefore a best-effort protocol such as the legacy IEEE 802.11 is not suitable. The 802.11e protocol provides prioritization and classification of traffic to offer better QoS for real-time services. However, it leaves the design and implementation of many important optimization features to vendors. In this paper we introduce a mechanism to improve the delay and jitter of real-time traffic in WLAN nodes supporting multimedia applications. In our proposed mechanism, we segregate voice and video traffic from the best-effort traffic. We create a scheduler that schedules the access of real-time traffic and non real-time traffic to the medium with centralized polling and distributed contention respectively. We show that our proposed protocol performs better in terms of delay and jitter than the legacy 802.11 and 802.11e in a scenario where all wireless nodes carry multimedia traffic simultaneously.


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Händelser
1690 - Valloner invandrar till Sverige från Vallonien i Belgien, eftersom den svenske kungen har begärt vapensmeder därifrån. Det är främst fransktalande valloner som bosätter sig i Eskilstuna.
1697 - Slottet Tre Kronor i Stockholm förstörs i en stor brand den 7 maj.

Födda
7 mars 1693 – Clemens XIII, påve.
30 november 1699 – Kristian VI av Danmark, kung av Danmark och kung av Norge.

Avlidna
1 februari 1691 – Alexander VIII, påve.
28 december 1694 – Maria II av England, regerande drottning av England, regerande drottning av Skottland och regerande drottning av Irland.
8 februari 1696 – Ivan V av Ryssland, tsar av Ryssland.
5 april 1697 – Karl XI, kung av Sverige.

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I was wondering though, where is "Living in Grace part 1"
An error placed this is in the Religion - Buddhist category. It is now correctly in the Religion - Christianity category. This is a blog for everyone from an ELCA Lutheran Church in Katy. We apologize for any confusion.


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"THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH"
(1999) (Pierce Brosnan, Sophie Marceau) (PG-13)
Alcohol/
Blood/Gore
Disrespectful/
Frightening/
Tense Scenes
Guns/
Imitative
(Scary/Tense)
(Inappropriate)
Sex/
Tense Family
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Action/Adventure: Feeling partially responsible for an oil magnate's death, British secret agent James Bond vows to protect his adult daughter who may be the next target of a villain who feels no pain and wants to steal a nuclear warhead for his own evil plans.
After returning several million dollars to an oil tycoon, British secret agent James Bond (PIERCE BROSNAN) is surprised to learn that his efforts only served as him being a courier for international terrorist, Renard (ROBERT CARLYLE), to kill the tycoon with a planted bomb.
It seems that several years ago Renard had kidnaped the tycoon's daughter, Elektra (SOPHIE MARCEAU), and was upset that the oil magnate and Bond's superior, M (JUDI DENCH), tried to free her in a botched rescue attempt. Nonetheless, the young woman escaped and upon her father's recent demise, has now inherited the family oil business. With her attempts at completing a competitive cross- country pipeline across Western Asia, M worries that many people, especially Renard, may want her dead.
Thus, she assigns Bond to shadow her, which he does along with saving and then eventually bedding her. Yet Bond isn't satisfied just to play her bodyguard, and thus sets out to figure out who's after her. His investigation leads him back to a former shady acquaintance, Valentin Zukovsky (ROBBIE COLTRANE), as well as introduce him to Christmas Jones (DENISE RICHARDS), a young and shapely nuclear physicist.
As Bond learns that Renard -- who can feel no pain due to a bullet lodged in his brain -- plans to steal a nuclear warhead to eliminate some oil competition, he begins to question Elektra's motives while trying to stop the villain and his efforts.
If they're into James Bond films or are fans of anyone in the cast, it's a good bet they will.
For intense sequences of action violence, some sexuality and innuendo.
CAST AS ROLE MODELS:
PIERCE BROSNAN plays James Bond, a suave British agent who fights and kills many villains when not bedding several beautiful women.
DENISE RICHARDS plays one of those women, a top-level nuclear physicist who ends up in bed with Bond.
SOPHIE MARCEAU plays another such woman, the heir to an oil business who wishes to further expand her control with it, thus casting some doubt about her real motives. She also ends up in bed with Bond.
ROBERT CARLYLE plays the head villain, a man who feels no pain due to a bullet in his brain, kills many people, and wishes to steal a nuclear warhead.
JUDI DENCH plays Bond's steely but regal supervisor, M.
CAST, CREW, & TECHNICAL INFO
HOW OTHERS RATED THIS MOVIE
Curious if this title is entertaining, any good, and/or has any artistic merit?
Then read OUR TAKE of this film.
(Note: The "Our Take" review of this title examines the film's artistic merits and does not take into account any of the possibly objectionable material listed below).
OUR WORD TO PARENTS:
Here's a quick look at the content found in this PG-13 rated action/adventure flick. As with most recent James Bond films, this one contains the requisite action and fight sequences where Bond battles various characters, with many people being shot, beaten and/or killed in the process along with plenty of things being blown up. Some of those scenes may be somewhat suspenseful to some viewers.
Bond beds the two central female characters and we see some brief glimpses of partial nudity along with a thermal image of him on top of one of them. Plenty of double entendres and sexual innuendo are also present (as in any Bond film) as is the opening title sequence where plenty of nude, but silhouetted women are seen.
Beyond all of that and the villains' requisite bad attitudes, there's some mild drinking and smoking, very brief profanity, and some mildly bloody people as a result of all of the violence. Since many teens will probably want to see this film, we suggest that you take a closer look at the detailed content listings should you still be concerned about its appropriateness for them, yourself, or anyone else in your home.
ALCOHOL OR DRUG USE
M and Elektra's father have drinks and she offers a drink to Bond who accepts.
People have drinks at a casino and Bond orders his trademark martini.
Bond and Valentin drink shots of liquor.
Renard has a drink.
Bond and Christmas have champagne.
We see a 3-D holographic image of Renard's head, complete with a bullet hole in it and its course into his brain.
We briefly see a small, bloody bullet hole in a man's clothing.
Renard has a bloody cut on his forehead.
Some people who are shot in a gun battle are a bit bloody.
Renard's knuckles are bloody and Elektra pulls a shard of material out of a cut after he punches his hand through some furniture.
Valentin's head is a bit bloody after he's injured in an explosion.
We see that part of Elektra's earlobe is missing from her past kidnaping ordeal.
A man has some blood on his head from where Bond was using it to bang on a submarine hatch.
DISRESPECTFUL/BAD ATTITUDE
Obviously the villains have both for killing many people, stealing nuclear matter and plotting to monopolize the oil pipeline business.
FRIGHTENING SCENES
Scenes listed under "Violence" may also be suspenseful to some viewers.
Riding along at high speed through a small pipeline tunnel, Bond and Christmas try to disarm a nuclear warhead before it explodes.
Bond and Christmas try to stop Renard and his thugs as the submarine they're on heads straight down through the water and then begins flooding (in a several minute sequence).
GUNS/WEAPONS
Handguns/Machine guns/Knives/Various Explosives: Used to threaten, wound or kill people. See "Violence" for details.
IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR
Some kids many want to imitate Bond's adventurous stunts and/or the double entendres he states (listed under "Sex/Nudity").
JUMP SCENES
MUSIC (SCARY/TENSE)
A moderate amount of suspenseful music (much of it action-oriented) plays during the film.
MUSIC (INAPPROPRIATE)
At least 1 ass, 1 damn, 1 hell, and 2 uses of "Oh my God" and 1 use of "God" as exclamations.
SEX/NUDITY
When a shapely woman (who shows cleavage) asks Bond if he wants to check her (financial) figures, Bond replies that he's sure they're perfectly round enough.
After Bond gives Ms. Moneypenny a cigar, she suggestively says that she knows just where to put it, but then throws it away (causing him to say it's the story of their relationship, "Close, but no cigar").
The film's opening musical title number features the standard silhouetted images of various nude women cavorting on the screen, including some who seem to be covered in oil that runs down their bodies (thus we see their figures, but no details).
As Bond's comely doctor examines him, he sensuously embraces her, stating "Let's just skirt the issue" as he removes her skirt (we see her in her high cut underwear) and then her shirt (we see her in her small bra). They kiss and the scene ends there. Later, however, she comments on his "stamina."
After M assigns Bond to "shadow" Elektra, she reminds him that a shadow is always in front or behind, but never "on top" of its subject.
Donning a pair of see-through glasses, Bond can see what's under people's clothing at a casino. While he spots men with guns, he pays more attention to the women whose underwear, bras and other assorted lingerie can be seen through their clothes (and we see most of one woman's bare butt who's wearing a thong-like bottom).
Elektra shows cleavage in a dress she wears.
We see Bond and Elektra in bed together under the sheets. We see her bare back as well as a glimpse of part of her bare breast as she rolls over (all suggesting that they had or are going to have sex).
Talking about Elektra to Bond, Renard asks, "How does it feel to know I broke her in for you?" after stating that he had her when she was more innocent. Earlier, Elektra comments that she used her body in an attempt to escape from her captors.
After Christmas states that she has to get back or "somebody's going to have my ass," Bond replies, "First things first."
We see Renard caressing Elektra's body as she lies nude on her side with only a sheet covering the middle part of her body (thus we see all of her bare thigh and hip). She then gets up with only the sheet covering her breasts.
Talking about Elektra, Valentin tells Bond, "I thought you were giving her the business."
Having strapped Bond in a chair of torture, Elektra straddles his lap and comments on what happens to a man when he's strangled (a reference presumably to having an erection).
We see Christmas in a wet T-shirt.
Bond tells Christmas, "I always wanted to have Christmas in Turkey" (the country). She then asks, "Isn't it time you unwrapped your present." M and others then see a thermal image (from above) of Bond on top of Christmas (with some brief movement including him between her spread legs) with M stating that the image is "getting redder" (as related to the body heat it senses). We then see a real view of Bond on top of Christmas (from the side and they're under the sheets). Bond then states, "I thought Christmas only comes once a year."
Miscellaneous characters smoke in several scenes, while Bond accepts a cigar in the opening scene and then offers it to Ms. Moneypenny (who throws it away).
TENSE FAMILY SCENES
Elektra's father is killed in an explosion, but she doesn't show much sadness/grief over this.
The mystique of James Bond and his adventurous and amorous ways.
Bond uses a remote control to fire his gun at one person, hits others and then shoots another after some bad guys have taken over. Bond then holds his gun on another man trying to get information on him. An unseen assailant then throws a knife into the back of that person's neck, killing them. Another person then holds his gun on Bond, but he's then shot and killed from someone outside. Bond then breaks a window and jumps out, eventually pulling the man he tied his rope to up against the wall under the window. Guards then kick down a locked door.
A massive explosion kills Elektra's father (killing or injuring others as well) and blows up part of a building.
A sniper shoots at Bond with a machine gun from her boat. Bond then chases her in another boat, with hers crashing through some docking. She then shoots at him with her machine gun and then with what looks like a grenade launcher (with one of the shots hitting another boat, causing it to explode). Another boat explodes (along with some docking) when it's run over, while Bond's boat smashes through the front and rear of a restaurant. Bond then fires torpedoes at her boat causing it to explode just as she gets out.
A woman shoots at Bond who's hanging below her hot air balloon by a rope. She then shoots the tanks on the hot air balloon, causing it to explode and him to fall onto and then nearly roll off a massive, tent- like top of a building (during which he dislocates his collarbone).
Men riding parahawks (flying airboat/snowmobiles hanging from parachutes) open fire on Bond with machine guns and grenades while he skis down a mountainside. After more instances of them firing at Bond, one of them crashes and his parahawk explodes. Another crashes and explodes, and two then run into each other and explode.
Bond grabs and hits a thug who's not being cooperative and then stabs a knife through his tie into a bar top, partially choking him.
Renard, who can feel no pain, picks up a red-hot rock and puts it another man's hand, making him hold it. Another person is then shot and killed.
Bond kicks a man in the face and then shoots him dead.
Bond holds his gun on Renard, and later hits him on the forehead with the gun, drawing some blood. After others hold their guns on Bond, he gives up and Renard violently squeezes Bond's bad shoulder. Renard and his cronies that shoot at others with machine guns (hitting and wounding or killing them), while Bond then fires back and hits some of them (wounding or killing them).
A bomb explodes and sends a fireball racing after Bond down a tunnel.
Renard shoots more people and we later hear that he and his men have killed ten more people.
Elektra slaps Bond (after we see that he's knocked out her bodyguard).
Several people are killed in a shoot out.
M slaps Elektra.
A bomb blows up part of the pipeline.
We see Renard punch his hand through a piece of furniture.
Bond holds his gun on Valentin.
Some large, vertically hanging rotary blades (initially used to trim trees while suspended from a hovering helicopter) come ripping through a building as the operators try to get Bond and others. The villains also shoot machine guns at Bond who fires back at them. One then fires a missile that blows up part of a dock. Bond then fires a missile that blows up one helicopter, but the other then saws his BMW in half with its hanging rotary blades that then chase Bond down a dock runway. Another gun battle breaks out with Bond shooting more people dead. The remaining helicopter explodes and its rotary blades nearly hit Valentin.
A bomb goes off and injures or kills various people.
We see that Renard and his cronies have killed some people on a submarine.
Having strapped Bond in a chair of torture, Elektra repeatedly turns a crank that slowly strangles him and will reportedly break his neck with a few more turns.
More people are shot and wounded/killed in a gun battle.
Another person is shot and mortally wounded.
Bond grabs Elektra and then shoots another man dead.
Bond shoots a villain dead.
Bond kicks a man in the face while entering a submarine and we hear and then see that he was using a man's head to bang on a door.
More fighting (punching, kicking, shooting) then occurs on a submarine between Bond and the villains, especially between Bond and Renard (who also hits Christmas).
A rod blasts out and impales a man, killing him.
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Versus Mode: Book Stores, PaRappa, Innovation, and More
GameCola writers Zach Rich and Sprite Monkey discuss videogames being sold in book stores, PaRappa as the best-ever videogame dog, whether a game needs to be innovative in order to be good, and more.
Contributed by GameCola on April 1st, 2008 in Categories ColumnsWith content involving Tags book stores, Borders, Brawl for the Brawl, controllers, disabled people, innovation, PaRappa, Sprite Monkey, Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Versus Mode, videogame dogs, Wii, Zach Rich
Welcome, one and all, BACK to Versus Mode—the column that calls upon GameCola writers as well as denizens of the videogame world at large to talk about what's up in gaming.
This month in Versus Mode we've got:
This month it's winner take all, with "all" being the right to review Super Smash Bros. Brawl! Two men want the job, but only one can have it. Will it be up-and-comer Zach Rich, or will it be the grizzled Web comic legend Sprite Monkey?
Your votes will decide! Read this month's Versus Mode, and then post your choice in this article's comments section.
Zach Rich is a current GameCola writer known for his reviews that shatter GameCola's fourth wall and make great use of foot notes. This is Zach's second appearance in Versus Mode, having written previously in NewbieMania.
Sprite Monkey is a current GameCola writer known for his reviews as well as for Are You Game?, a column that rates your videogame collection and tells you if it's up to snuff. He's also the artist behind Secret of Mana Theater, a flash Web comic based on the classic SNES RPG. This is Sprite Monkey's second appearance in Versus Mode, having written previously with Alex Jedraszczak.
1. Videogames should not be sold in book stores.
Zach: The thing about bookstores is that they're not just for books anymore. My local Borders happens to have its sitting space (where I read gaming mags and laugh at how out-of-date they are) right in the middle of its movies section. Much to my dismay, I had to observe scenes from 30 Days of Night every time I peeled my eyes from the Nintendo Power. Anyone who knows me knows I will piss my pants at the mere mention of vampires, let alone a movie about them.
I don't believe that bookstores are just for books anymore, when half the store is dedicated to (overpriced) CDs and DVDs. I don't know if they'll really get anywhere selling a small handful of PC titles (I believe that PC gaming has been dying a slow, painful death ever since the Dreamcast, but that's just me.), let alone get to the point where videogame sales account for 10% of their total sales, but Borders is a business, and if selling videogames raises them a profit, then all the more power to them.
Sprite Monkey: Remember when Boston Market used to be called Boston Chicken or when Super Target used to be just Target? Borders Books and Music used to be called Borders Books. It's the same difference and it's happening everywhere as businesses expand into omni-corporations. Borders already offers coffee, crappy baked goods, DVDs, CDs, calendars, magazines, and despair to those who visit the store, so what difference does it make if they start selling videogames? Any business should sell videogames if it works for them.
2. There should be more games for hardcore gamers on the Wii.
Zach: I don't think hardcore gamers are disinterested in the Wii because there aren't hardcore games on it. I think they're disinterested because the hardcore games that are released either SUCK (Manhunt 2) or are overshadowed by the bigger first-party titles. The problem with being a third party and working on a Nintendo system is that the titles that come from Nintendo are usually so big that they overshadow the equally awesome games that don't star Mario.
Of the 11 Wii games I own, eight are from Nintendo, and, sadly, I have not had the time to pick up Zack & Wiki or No More Heroes, because all my gaming time has been spent playing Brawl or something on the 360. I will eventually get these games, and I'm sure I will love them to death, but I just don't have the time for them right now. The Wii does have hardcore games, but I don't think people are interested in them.
Sprite Monkey: It couldn't hurt. Assuming that the hardware could handle Crysis, for example, it's ultimately a decision to be made based on profitability. Is the potential profit of selling Crysis on the Wii substantially greater than the projected cost to port, produce, and promote the title? If yes, then there is no reason it shouldn't be done, because it would only expand your gaming audience and increase overall system sales.
The reason I bought a PS2 was to purchase Blood Rayne 2, which was not released on the GameCube even though the original Blood Rayne was. This clearly illustrates my point regardless of my taste in titles. Nintendo not only lost a sale on Blood Rayne 2, but also future sales on games they would not port that I could now play on my PS2. I won't say the Wii needs to have more games for hardcore gamers, but it certainly should if there is a market for it, and clearly I think there is.
3. PaRappa is the best videogame dog ever.
Zach: Uh, hurray? Lassie's never had her own game, so I guess PaRappa will do.
Sprite Monkey: This is just flat-out wrong. The best videogame dog is the nameless mutt from Duck Hunt. Period. The fact that a few sprites and a chuckle from an animated basset hound can still provoke unbridled rage in a current generation of 20- and 30-somethings to this day is a testament to his greatness. K.K. Slider, the bootlegger's middle finger to the record industry, would take first place in lieu of Duck Hunt, followed by the dog from Secret of Evermore.
4. Console manufacturers should consider the physically handicapped when developing controllers.
Zach: I wasn't told my morals would be tested when I signed up for this! Look, it's a heartwarming story, and a very nice thing to do for a friend, but I think we should leave this stuff to the modders. Putting out handicapped controllers for retail would be a large waste of money on the business front, since I can't imagine many handicapped people would want to play videogames.
Great, now I look like an asshole.
Sprite Monkey: Not without attaching a hefty price tag. It sounds harsh, but this is just not practical. Why would a company design something to be usable by a miniscule portion of the population when you can design it for the overwhelming majority? Cars aren't designed for the legless; they are adapted. Custom adaptations for controllers are suitable. Some day we'll be able to use game consoles through jacks plugged directly into our brain, but until that day arrives, we need to translate our mental impulses through our physical manifestations. If yours is broken, that sucks. I feel for you, I really do, and I'll help you build a custom controller mod, but don't expect corporations to cater to you like that without charging you for it.
5. A game needs to be "innovative" in order to be good.
Zach: YEAH! HEY MADDEN! SUCK IT!
No. A videogame does not need to be innovative to be "good." Sure, innovation is something that pushes the industry forward, but there have been plenty of good games that don't need innovation to sell well. Like Madden…and Madden…and…oh, wait a sec.
On the topic of Turning Point, though: Telling the reviewers to fuck off is like telling anyone who drinks your favorite cow's milk to just drink the stuff down rather than savor it, because it's not for the mouth to judge, but the bones. They're basically saying that ignorant people will enjoy this game more than people who actually pay attention to what they're doing. It's just too bad that those kinds of people aren't around anymore because they're all playing Left Behind: Eternal Forces until the son of God returns and takes us all to Rapture. Except me, of course; I don't think the handicapped play videogames, after all.
Sprite Monkey: No, it doesn't need to be innovative, but that certainly helps. If a game is not innovative, it can still be a winning title based on superb graphics, excellent story and characters, sound design, flawless controls, and overall execution. When I think about innovative titles, I think of Shadow of the Colossus, which was a fantastic title almost solely via innovation. At its core, BioShock was a FPS and very little hasn't been done in that genre, but it was still a phenomenal title.
6. *BONUS SIXTH TOPIC* Finish this statement: I should get to review Super Smash Bros. Brawl next month because….
Zach: I should get to review Super Smash Bros. Brawl next month because I am unemotional and unable to feel love, but if I get to review this game, I will attempt to create controllers for all the thumbless gamers (population: 1), and not give the game a ten because the F-Zero demo lasts THIRTY FUCKING SECONDS.
Plus, I'll make a drinking game! When you see the monkey, drink! If someone asks you to show yo' moves, drink! If someone pauses the game to get a panty shot on Peach, or Samus has her legs spread out, DRINK!
Sprite Monkey: I should get to review Super Smash Bros. Brawl next month because I shall exterminate everything that prevents me from becoming the master. This is my special moment; don't question me or disagree. I know that I have earned this. I know that I deserve this. Do not f–k with me. I won't give you empty promises of quirks and special favors that will never materialize if you vote for me, but I will give you a straight up hardcore review, because this game really means a lot to me. I preordered my copy of SSBB in September of 2007, and I was standing in line to pick up my copy in 20-degree weather two hours before midnight. I've played it almost every night since I brought the game home and I have the Wii daily totals to prove it. Most importantly, this hasn't stopped me from noting where the game excels and where it falls short, so the review will still be a fair evaluation.
I'm also a senior staff member to Zach, and in February I was employee of the month. Hoo-hah.
That's it, gamefans! So, the question is now this: Which writer did a better job here in Versus Mode—Zach Rich, or Sprite Monkey? Post your choice in this article's comments section, and the writer with the most votes will get to cover Super Smash Bros. Brawl next month. Voting ends in…let's say two weeks, which is April 15th.
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Q: proving that sup A + sup B = sup C and inf A + inf B = inf C i have tried to answer this question on my own, but my solution isn't the same as others i've seen (they use the archimedian principle but i don't), so i want to see if my approach is right or not. i am more sure of my answer to part 1 than i am about part 2.
am i correct here? if not, where did i screw up? thanks in advance for any insights.
this is the question:
$A$ and $B$ are bounded and non-empty sets, and $C = [a + b: a \in A, b \in B]$. show that $C$ is a bounded set and that $\sup C = \sup A + \sup B$ and $\inf C = \inf A + \inf B$
this is my answer:
part 1: suprema

*

*let $\sup A = s$ and $\sup B = t$, so for every $x \in A, x \leq s$ and for every $y \in B, y \leq t$

*it follows that $x + y \leq s + t$, implying that $s + t$ is an upper bound for $C = A + B$

*now choose upper bound $u$ such that $u \geq s + t$ and fix $a \in A$, then $u \geq a + t \implies t \leq u - a$, and similar reasoning gives $s \leq u - b$

*adding the two results above gives $s + t \leq 2u - a - b \implies a + b \leq 2u - s - t$

*it follows that $u \leq 2u - s - t$, but recall that $u \geq s + t$, so:

$$a + b \leq s + t \leq u \leq 2u - s - t$$

*

*and our result of interest is $a + b \leq s + t$, which implies that $\sup C = \sup A + \sup B$
part 2: infima

*

*now let $\inf A = s$ and $\inf B = t$, so for every $x \in A, x \geq s$ and for every $y \in B, y \geq t$

*putting the information above together gives $x + y \geq s + t$, implying that $s + t$ is a lower bound for $C$

*now choose a lower bound $l$ such that $l \leq s + t$ and fix $a \in A$, which implies $t \geq l - a, s \geq l - b$

*adding the results above together gives us: $s + t \geq 2 \cdot l - a - b \implies a + b \geq 2 \cdot l - s - t$

*we also know that $l \geq 2 \cdot l - s - t$, which implies:

$$a + b \geq s + t \geq l \geq 2 \cdot l - s - t$$

*

*our result of interest is $a + b \geq s + t$, which tells us that $\sup C = \sup A + \sup B$ $\blacksquare$

A: I will just comment on part $1$, I leave part $2$ to you. You are right when you write $x+y \leq s+t$ implies that $s+t$ is an upper bound of $C$. It then follows that $\sup C \leq \sup A + \sup B$. What you should do now is to prove that $\sup C \geq \sup A + \sup B$, but all you do is just showing that once you fix $a \in A$ and $b \in B$, then $a+b \leq s+t$, which you already know. So you are proving nothing...
A way out of this is the following. You have proved that $\sup C \leq \sup A + \sup B$. Suppose now $\sup C < \sup A + \sup B$. By definition of $\sup$, if you fix $\epsilon_1, \epsilon_2 > 0$ you will find $a \in A$ and $b \in B$ such that
\begin{align*}
\sup A - \epsilon_1 & < a < \sup A,\\
\sup B - \epsilon_2 & < b < \sup B.
\end{align*}
Now choose $\epsilon_1,\epsilon_2$ small enough such that $\sup C + \epsilon_1+\epsilon_2 < \sup A + \sup B$. Then
$$
\sup C < (\sup A - \epsilon_1) + (\sup B - \epsilon_2) < a+b,
$$
so you have found an element (i.e. $a+b$) which lies in $C$ but its greater than $\sup C$. This is a contradiction. So necessarily $\sup C = \sup A + \sup B$.

A: We have $C=\{a+b: a\in A\text{ and }b\in B\}$ and we are told $A$ and $B$ are bounded. Let $u_A, u_B$ be the least upper bounds of $A,B$, respectively.
Then for any $a,b$ we have $$a\le\sup{A}\implies a+b\le\sup{A}+b$$ and $$b\le\sup{B}\implies\sup{A}+b\le\sup{A}+\sup{A}$$
Therefore, $$a+b\le\sup{A}+\sup{B}$$ for all $a,b$ so $$\sup{A}+\sup{B}$$ is an upper bound. To show that it is the least upper bound we will show that any number less is not an upper bound for $C$.
Let $u=\sup{A}+\sup{B}-\epsilon$ for some positive $\epsilon$. Then $\sup{A}-\frac{\epsilon}{4}\in A$ and $\sup{B}-\frac{\epsilon}{4}\in B$ and $$\sup{A}-\frac{\epsilon}{4}+\sup{B}-\frac{\epsilon}{4}=\sup{A}+\sup{B}-\frac{\epsilon}{2}\gt\sup{A}+\sup{B}-\epsilon=u$$.
Therefore, $u$ is not an upper bound for $C$ and since all numbers less than $\sup{A}+\sup{B}$ can be expressed this way, $\sup{A}+\sup{B}=\sup{C}$.

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Tides of change in New York
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New York may soon benefit from an injection of tidal power into its grid as tidal energy startup Verdant Power installs a half-scale generator in the East River tidal strait. We explore what this means for the city's energy mix and if it could serve as a test case for other coastal cities.
Tidal stream generation also has good potential to support current and future climate change actions. Source: MusikAnimal
Tidal energy works by converting the movement of the tides, in areas with a significant tidal range, into electricity. Despite the relative predictability of tides however, this type of energy production is still in its infancy.
In October 2020, New York-based marine renewable energy start-up Verdant Power made headway, installing three tidal power turbine generators in the city's East River tidal strait as part of the company's 5th generation tidal turbine system. The deployment of Verdant's technology also marked the first licensed tidal power project in the US.
Verdant has already secured $6m in funding for the project, as well as support from the US Department of Energy and the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority, in addition to New York-based private equity capital support. The company is also waiting for an independent performance assessment from the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) tidal testing facility to deploy the technology outside of the US.
Verdant's Roosevelt Island Tidal Energy project
New York City is now closer than it has ever been to seeing tidal power injected into its local grid, with Verdant's Roosevelt Island Tidal Energy (RITE) project expected to have a significant impact on the Big Apple's renewables goals.
Verdant Power co-founder and chief marketing officer Trey Taylor says: "Given the East River's depth and tidal current speed of 2.25m/s, the company's fifth-generation system or 'commercial standard system' has been tailored to this site by using five-metre diameter rotors with 35kW nameplate generators – three to a single TriFrame or 105kW. Since installation on 22 October, the TriFrame has generated an average 1MWh per day or enough power for 500 Manhattan apartments."
The RITE project demonstration featured three Gen5 turbines, which were transported from the company's New Jersey marine engineering support service facility to a service area for marine vessel installation. They have been integrated onto a TriFrame mount in preparation for on-water delivery and deployment at the RITE project site.
This demonstration is a big step along the path to global commercialisation and profitable commercial operations. The pre-commercial demonstration aims to optimise the economics of installation and maintenance over the system's 20-year life and prove its efficient performance.
The New York-based startup has held a Federal Energy Regulatory Commission license for nearly a decade to install up to a megawatt of tidal power in New York City, enough for thirty of its 35kW turbines mounted on ten TriFrames, but the company is taking it one step at a time.
Following the demonstration of the RITE generator, Verdant's project is currently under review for technological certification by EMEC for deployment outside the US..
Taylor says: "EMEC will be assessing the power performance of the company's turbines, which will serve as the first system to be assessed by EMEC as a Renewable Energy Testing Laboratory, and receiving an internationally recognised Renewable Energy Test Report, verifying compliance with formulated international standards.
"This will help bring Verdant's system to technology readiness level 8, which is system commissioning – actual system completed and qualified through test and demonstration. It also will serve to underscore buyer, financial, and insurance confidence in the company's system."
Verdant's contribution to the energy mix
The project is designed to add a small but novel source of clean electricity to Roosevelt Island through a distributed generation connection to Con Edison's local grid generation.
Of all the energy consumed in New York State, only 28.1% comes from renewable sources, demonstrating New York City's, and the state's, urgent need for renewable energy generation.
According to Pieter Schaffels, global head of media relations at Norwegian risk management company DNV GL, the addition of tidal power is a smart approach to the city's energy grid, "due to its predictability, it can provide a better management of renewables into the grid".
Tidal stream generation also has good potential to support current and future climate change actions.
"Compared with wind and solar, the availability of tidal sites is relatively small as they are areas that require high current speeds to operate. There are some technologies that operate in a much lower range of current speeds and they will significantly extend the potential areas that can be used to convert energy from tidal sites," Schaffels says.
"Even with this caveat, a tidal energy business is worthwhile to pursue. The contribution to jobs for the supply chain, manufacturing, construction, and maintenance is not irrelevant and may have a large impact in the areas near the tidal resources."
Despite its success, Verdant's grand plans for deployment will likely face the challenges already familiar to the tidal power generation industry worldwide.
Looking at existing tidal energy projects, the amount of power produced so far has been relatively small, with very few commercial-sized tidal power plants operating in the world.
Some of the possible challenges for Verdant, and other next-generation renewable energy technologies, are that it takes 10-12 years on average to bring a working prototype to commercialisation and such projects often find it difficult to compete against more affordable wind and solar technologies.
According to the company, Verdant is targeting a $140 per MWh levelised cost of energy and installed cost of $3m per MW once it reaches around 400MW of installed capacity, dropping to $100 per MWh and $2.2m per MW at 2GW.
However, it might take years before the tidal energy sector reaches 2GW of installed capacity. Even if this turns into reality sooner rather than later, Verdant's projected costs are still far higher than levelised costs of wind and solar, which dropped to $26 and $29 per MWh, respectively, in 2019.
Subject to certification and as part of its future development strategy, Verdant also plans to deploy two full-size arrays, equipped with 10m-diameter blades instead of the current five-metre models, off the coast of Wales, UK with the hope to eventually deploy a 30MW tidal farm.
Taylor says: "Verdant Power's next steps are to scale to 10m-diameter rotors with 333kW nameplate generators – three to a single TriFrame or 1MW for the Morlais demonstration zone in West Anglesey, Wales. The company's plans are to have two of these TriFrames or 2MW deployed in the zone by no later than 2024."
Deployment of the full-scale machines at the West Anglesey Tidal Demonstration Zone in Wales is dependent on attracting further revenue support. However, if funded, the development of a tidal project in the area could contribute to Wales' energy generation, help cut the country's carbon dioxide emissions, provide coastal protection against rising sea levels, and ensure grid stability.
Despite well-known challenges looming ahead of the tidal energy sector, Verdant's progress so far goes to demonstrate that there are indeed high hopes for the commercial deployment of more tidal technologies, especially in areas that lack other renewable options.
In addition, ventures such as this are praised for being in line with New York's climate goals to obtain 70% of the state's power from renewable sources by 2030 and 100% from clean sources by 2040, as pledged by New York Governor Andrew Cuomo in 2019.
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Q: SQLite3: update not working correctly? I'm trying to update 4 columns on an SQLite database from my C program using the code below:
const char* update = {
    "UPDATE mytable SET "
    "mycolumn1"
    "=?,"
    "mycolumn2"
    "=?,"
    "mycolumn3"
    "=?,"
    "mycolumn4"
    "=? WHERE(id=1);"
};
extern sqlite3 *sqdb;
sqlite3_stmt *stmt;
int val[2]={1, 2};
sqlite3_prepare_v2(sqdb, update, -1, &stmt, 0);
sqlite3_bind_int(stmt, val[0], 1);
sqlite3_bind_text16(stmt, 2, L"example1", -1, SQLITE_STATIC);
sqlite3_bind_text16(stmt, 3, L"example2", -1, SQLITE_STATIC);
sqlite3_bind_int(stmt, val[1], 4);
sqlite3_step(stmt);
sqlite3_finalize(stmt);

that does the update successfully, however only the 2 text columns(column 2 & 3) gets updated and the other 2 int columns are not updated and they contains an empty value, I tested that using the SQLite command shell after exporting the database to be used by the shell.
so what's wrong? and how to fix that problem?

A: You have the arguments in wrong order:
sqlite3_bind_int(stmt, val[0], 1);
sqlite3_bind_int(stmt, val[1], 4);

the second argument is the index, the third argument is the value. Since both are of type int here, there's no compile-time error.
Change to:
sqlite3_bind_int(stmt, 1, val[0]);
sqlite3_bind_int(stmt, 4, val[1]);

A: The documentation says:

The second argument is the index of the SQL parameter to be set.

You exchanged the second and third sqlite3_bind_int arguments.


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Published by Tom Hoopes at April 28, 2019
The governor and Supreme Court of Kansas gave the abortion industry two huge gifts during Easter Week, locking down in law the two grisly abortion practices that gave the movie Unplanned an R rating.
Less than a month after the movie Unplanned opened to record box office, Kansas is protecting the very two abortion procedures that were deemed unfit to show teens and children: The abortion pill and dismemberment abortion.
First, on April 22, Gov. Laura Kelly vetoed a bill which would have required that women be informed of their ability to reverse the early effects of the days-long abortion pill process.
The Mifepristone pill, known widely as RU-496, is a major profit center for the abortion industry, which is a major donor to politicians, including Kelly.
It is also a major part of of the plot of Unplanned.
In a letter to parents about the film, Abby Johnson described the scene in which the movie Unplanned depicts her own RU-486 abortion. The movie tells Johnson's story of converting from a manager of a Planned Parenthood business to a pro-life activist.
"Ashley, the actress who plays me, did a fantastic job capturing both my physical pain and my fear. I won't lie to you; that scene shows some blood. In real life I hemorrhaged so badly I thought I was going to die," she wrote.
It's a second abortion procedure now approved in Kansas that caused Abby's conversion, though.
On April 26, the Kansas Supreme Court ruled that the Unborn Child Protection from Dismemberment Abortion Act violates the state constitution's Bill of Rights, which the court claimed guarantees a right to abortion.
Dismemberment abortion figures in the movie when one difficult scene shows Johnson helping identify infant body parts in a dish after dismemberment abortions.
In the movie, the part of the presiding abortionist is played by Anthony Levatino, who had a career performing abortions before he was himself converted by seeing the remains of dismemberment abortions.
After losing his 6-year-old daughter in a car crash, he returned to work and saw his work in a new light.
"After all those years, after 1,200 abortions, after over 100 late-term abortions, I really looked," he said. "I really looked at that pile of body parts on the side of the table. And for the first time in my life, all I could see was somebody's son or daughter."
In her book Unplanned, Johnson explained how her first experience assisting in an ultrasound-guided abortion, portrayed in the movie by Levatino and CGI imagery, changed her.
"I could clearly see the profile of the head, both arms, legs, and even tiny fingers and toes. Perfect," she said. "The next moment was the sudden jerk of a tiny foot as the baby started kicking, as if trying to move away from the probing invader."
Watching made Johnson come to the same realization as Levatino. "What was in this woman's womb just a moment ago was alive. It wasn't just tissue, just cells. That was a human baby — fighting for life!"
The Kansas Bill of Rights protects human beings who fight for their life. In Section 1, it says: "All men are possessed of equal and inalienable natural rights, among which are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness."
Bizarrely, the Kansas Supreme Court sees in this right-to-life language the right to dismember children. "[T]his right to personal autonomy is firmly embedded within section 1's natural rights guarantee and its included concepts of liberty and the pursuit of happiness," says the court's opinion.
The governor and Supreme Court are rushing to try to explain away the brutal gift they have given to an abortion industry that preys on pregnant women for money.
But thousands of Kansans who saw Unplanned know exactly what they have done.